SPN FIC - Well-Rounded

[ficwriter1966]

There are extra-curricular activities...and then there's this craziness. His brother, playing a dead kid. In a stupid thing called Our Town.

Like that makes any kind of sense at all.

CHARACTERS:  Dean (age 20) and Sam (age 16)
GENRE:  Gen
RATING:  PG
SPOILERS:  None
LENGTH:  500 words

Comments

[juppschmitz]

So Sam and Dean. Uttlerly believable. Loved it!! ♥

[ficwriter1966]

Ha! Your gif got me laughing.

Glad you enjoyed the story! People were asking for more teen!chesters, so there ya go. :)

[rince1wind]

I liked this. I've liked all along the way there's been a blue-collar brother and a white-collar brother, and yet while part of that reflects something real in their attitudes and intellects (not intelligence, but how each thinks about things and why he approaches things that way), part of it is each of them playing it up.

[ficwriter1966]

It does provide an interesting dynamic, doesn't it? There's a similar split between me and my brother - I got the college degree and the office job, while he wasn't a good fit in college and prefers working with his hands (and does remarkably well with that - his income is more than double what I make).

[arwenangel87]

Oh, boys. <3

[ficwriter1966]

So true!

[phyllis2779]

Feels so very much like the voices of Sam and Dean as teens. I'm not quite clear on what Dean was trying to do at the end of the story. On the one hand, it sounded like he was trying to mend fences with Sam when he asked about the tickets, but then Dean seems to be picking at Sam's choices again. And his admiring the sky afterwards makes it seem as if he was satisfied with ticking Sam off again.

[ficwriter1966]

What I was aiming for was, Dean asked Sam if he'd rather do school stuff than be a hero - and Sam's "yes" wasn't convincing. So to Dean's mind, eventually Sam will realize what he's meant to do. Which is what finally happened.

[phyllis2779]

OK, Thanks, I got it now.

[ficwriter1966]

Glad I could help! Rather than laying it all out, tying things up in a bow, I like letting you guys ponder a bit sometimes. :)

[kezzie5]

OH I adored this! This makes me want to go back and watch Season 1 again, I think I may start that this week. In the meantime I'm going to look up Jared's audition on youtube again as that reminds me of young, protesting Sam. You captured them so well! <3

P.S expect stories from say Feb/March to start getting comments, I'm only just getting a chance to play catch up now xx

[ficwriter1966]

A Season 1 re-watch is *always* a good plan! I always gravitate that way over hiatus. Simpler, sweeter days - you can't beat it!

Glad you enjoyed this one, and I hope you have fun catching up!

[phebemarie]

First it's lilacs, now it's school plays. I feel like you're ticking off stories on my wish list today. :)

I just wish Sam was Wally Webb. At least then he would have been a dead kid with a few lines. ;)

Thanks for sharing, Carol.

[ficwriter1966]

You're welcome!

I think the last time I saw "Our Town" was in college, freshman year. (SUNY Oneonta had a *great* drama department. They did a kickass version of "The Lion in Winter" that same year.) I don't remember it terribly clearly, but I had it in mind that Sam got tapped for a non-speaking role, being that he's never displayed any interest in acting, or performing of any kind. But even a non-speaking role is ammunition for teasing from big bro!

[phebemarie]

Our Town was the first show I directed. We chose it because we didn't have to worry about sets of any sort. I remember one of the non-speaking boys in the last act broke character giggling through the entire emotional climax of the play. (I was not a happy director)

It's something I could see Dean doing if he had to fill in at the last moment. ;)

[ficwriter1966]

Oh dear! But I know how it feels to get the giggles and you just can't stop.

Yep, I can see Dean doing that - though it might be deliberate...